PSY 316 FINAL QUESTIONS & VERIFIED ANSWERS
The awareness of our own thoughts, knowledge, and insight into how we operate in
daily activities (e.g., decision-making or remembering) is known as ___. - Answers -
metacognition
The way people's bodies interact with the world and how they influence thought
processes is known as ___. - Answers - embodiment
This researcher is regarded as the "father of psychology" because he established the
first psychology laboratory in 1879. - Answers - Wilhelm Wundt
Psychology's 1st school of thought studied the elements of the conscious mind such as
feelings, sensations, emotions, and images. It was called - Answers - structuralism
Behaviorism redefined psychology to be the scientific study of - Answers - observable
behaviors.
Which of the following is NOT a method for measuring information processes? -
Answers - Heartbeat rate
Response time is often abbreviated as RT - Answers - True
The channel capacity analogy states that - Answers - any physical device that transmits
information has a limited capacity.
The interdisciplinary approach and scientific study of thought, language, and the brain is
called ___. - Answers - cognitive science
Top-down or conceptually driven processing refers to the idea that existing context or
knowledge influences earlier or simpler forms of mental processes. - Answers - True
The pattern of dissociation is - Answers - a disruption in one component of mental
functioning but no impairment of another.
What is the neural process called in which new neurons are created, particularly in the
hippocampus, due to new learning? - Answers - neurogenesis
___ neurons contain receptor cells that react to the physical stimulus and trigger a
pattern of neural firing, whereas ___ neurons contain effector cells that connect directly
to the muscle fibers and cause the muscles move. - Answers - sensory, motor
Long-term potentiation is the - Answers - strengthening of connection between neurons.
, Which of the following is NOT a type of neurotransmitter? - Answers - Insulin
The ________ pathway of visual information determines where things are in space,
while the _________ pathway determines what things are. - Answers - dorsal; ventral
The top layer of the brain, responsible for higher-level mental processes. - Answers -
Neocortex
What part of the brain acts as a relay station by which our senses (except for smell)
must go through before reaching the neocortex? - Answers - Thalamus
This neuroinvestigative technique provides good information on "when" a mental
process occurs but does not provide very good information on "where" in the brain that
process occurs. - Answers - EEG
Event Related Potentials (ERP) are the momentary changes in electrical activity of the
brain when a stimulus is presented to a person. - Answers - True
The biggest amount of difference a person can detect is referred to as "just noticeable
difference" or JND. - Answers - False
Like the methods seen in Sperling's experiment, the difference between partial-report
and whole-report is typically used to investigate - Answers - iconic (or echoic) memory
A rapid movement of the eyes is called a _______; a brief pause of the eyes is a
________. - Answers - saccade; fixation
Visual information endures in visual sensory memory for about 250 milliseconds after
which it fades away (decays). How long does auditory sensory memory for spoken
language or other complex sounds last for? - Answers - 2-4 seconds
Trans-saccadic memory is memory for - Answers - visual information across eye
movements.
The raseon you can siltl raed and awsenr this qutseoin croctlery is bacuese you are
uinsg hgehir-lveel knelowgde to inlfceune yuor radieng. This process is called - Answers
- conceptually-driven processing.
Gestalt grouping principles serve as a way to identify characteristics of perception in
which ambiguities in a stimulus are resolved to help determine which objects are
present. - Answers - True
___ processing occurs when recognition is driven by incoming information, whereas ___
processing occurs when prior knowledge, context, and expectation drive recognition. -
Answers - Bottom-up; top-down
The awareness of our own thoughts, knowledge, and insight into how we operate in
daily activities (e.g., decision-making or remembering) is known as ___. - Answers -
metacognition
The way people's bodies interact with the world and how they influence thought
processes is known as ___. - Answers - embodiment
This researcher is regarded as the "father of psychology" because he established the
first psychology laboratory in 1879. - Answers - Wilhelm Wundt
Psychology's 1st school of thought studied the elements of the conscious mind such as
feelings, sensations, emotions, and images. It was called - Answers - structuralism
Behaviorism redefined psychology to be the scientific study of - Answers - observable
behaviors.
Which of the following is NOT a method for measuring information processes? -
Answers - Heartbeat rate
Response time is often abbreviated as RT - Answers - True
The channel capacity analogy states that - Answers - any physical device that transmits
information has a limited capacity.
The interdisciplinary approach and scientific study of thought, language, and the brain is
called ___. - Answers - cognitive science
Top-down or conceptually driven processing refers to the idea that existing context or
knowledge influences earlier or simpler forms of mental processes. - Answers - True
The pattern of dissociation is - Answers - a disruption in one component of mental
functioning but no impairment of another.
What is the neural process called in which new neurons are created, particularly in the
hippocampus, due to new learning? - Answers - neurogenesis
___ neurons contain receptor cells that react to the physical stimulus and trigger a
pattern of neural firing, whereas ___ neurons contain effector cells that connect directly
to the muscle fibers and cause the muscles move. - Answers - sensory, motor
Long-term potentiation is the - Answers - strengthening of connection between neurons.
, Which of the following is NOT a type of neurotransmitter? - Answers - Insulin
The ________ pathway of visual information determines where things are in space,
while the _________ pathway determines what things are. - Answers - dorsal; ventral
The top layer of the brain, responsible for higher-level mental processes. - Answers -
Neocortex
What part of the brain acts as a relay station by which our senses (except for smell)
must go through before reaching the neocortex? - Answers - Thalamus
This neuroinvestigative technique provides good information on "when" a mental
process occurs but does not provide very good information on "where" in the brain that
process occurs. - Answers - EEG
Event Related Potentials (ERP) are the momentary changes in electrical activity of the
brain when a stimulus is presented to a person. - Answers - True
The biggest amount of difference a person can detect is referred to as "just noticeable
difference" or JND. - Answers - False
Like the methods seen in Sperling's experiment, the difference between partial-report
and whole-report is typically used to investigate - Answers - iconic (or echoic) memory
A rapid movement of the eyes is called a _______; a brief pause of the eyes is a
________. - Answers - saccade; fixation
Visual information endures in visual sensory memory for about 250 milliseconds after
which it fades away (decays). How long does auditory sensory memory for spoken
language or other complex sounds last for? - Answers - 2-4 seconds
Trans-saccadic memory is memory for - Answers - visual information across eye
movements.
The raseon you can siltl raed and awsenr this qutseoin croctlery is bacuese you are
uinsg hgehir-lveel knelowgde to inlfceune yuor radieng. This process is called - Answers
- conceptually-driven processing.
Gestalt grouping principles serve as a way to identify characteristics of perception in
which ambiguities in a stimulus are resolved to help determine which objects are
present. - Answers - True
___ processing occurs when recognition is driven by incoming information, whereas ___
processing occurs when prior knowledge, context, and expectation drive recognition. -
Answers - Bottom-up; top-down
